An essential part of my routine is an early-morning run of 40-70 minutes almost every day. Last winter on such a run at about 0630 on McNell, not far from Reeves road, I noticed movement to my lower left and stopped to take a look. There appeared a tiny creature, about the size of a […]
Archives: Fred Coleman
Message from Coach
After a sound defeat by a gifted Cate team recently, I sent the following message to my boys [the varsity soccer team]: I want you to know you behaved magnificently yesterday, and I am forever impressed with your mental toughness, spirit, and ability to hang together as a team under challenging circumstances. You never gave […]
Back from Fresno
Late on a Saturday morning after the Cross Country State Championship races, Isobel and I were driving back from Fresno and talking over the season. After examining and evaluating our training, looking at the mistakes I made as well as those avoided, Isobel said: “I remember my first day of Cross Country in September. You […]
Earlier today…
Earlier today in class, after an introduction and brief discussion of analyzing rational functions, I turned the kids loose to spend the last twenty minutes of the period reviewing for a test tomorrow on material up to, but not including rational functions. As I moved around the room answering questions and helping students, I noticed […]
East of Santa Barbara
Returning from Midland, as late afternoon light faded to darkness, some of the boys and I, sitting toward the front of the bus, were talking quietly about our successes at the league championships, where both teams won. As we wound down the mountain from Lake Cachuma, Chevy mentioned that a friend of his had improved […]
Unsung Soldiers
I decided to run boys who had not made the trip to Mt. SAC in a Condor League meet on a very difficult, demanding course. Varsity runners and we coaches were on hand to cheer them on and as the race unfolded I was struck by the great effort and tenacity shown by these runners-on-the-way-up […]
On Horses
Outside the classroom my primary interests are in the world of athletics, so I will naturally write often about teams and coaching, but before that I want to say a few words about our many horses. When I arrived over twenty-eight years ago I was drawn to much about the School, but questioned, in my […]